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It's already back in the car Rev, just machined it and put it back with new ARP bolts.

Still available guys

piriformis is fine, and that one I remember from when my SIJ was unhappy. My ITB's are bloody tender though, on the right side (none affected hammy side) it's so tender it makes me giggle (what I do when something i really uncomfortable). I had a good session last night but hammy is still twinging.

This. I tried one once for shits n giggles and didn't get to sleep til 2am, granted my workout went well and I'm sure in time I'd get used to it and came off it faster but as I tend to avoid lots of things like pain killers etc te cI find things like that affect me strongly, Kate and I still laugh at the first time we tried Monster on a long trip up North, it was a crazy last few hours drive 0_0

After a weekend on the car I was pretty stiff last night so I had a good session making love to the foam roller and stretching, my right quad was so tender I couldn't put all my body weight on it without breaking out into giggles (what I do when something is uncomfortable). Hammy is still niggling this morning but I managed to on/off jog half of the morning walk so we'll see how Gym goes tonight.

Just a quick update. Brad has messaged me this morning to confirm he's received my messages and has ensured my order will be filled. He also noted I am the only person who's emailed him, as that's his referred method at the moment so keep that in mind.

Hey Duncan, It actually says the 23rd, and that was put in place around the 17th of July and was intended for the 23rd of July, I know this because I ring regularly and have spoken to him a number of times about the personal issues and the closure of the shop around that time. To answer your question. no I do not think he has stolen anything. I am concerned that every person that's been in the workshop has said there's only 1 cage there and I know of 3 cages that are waiting including my two and that the personal issues mentioned appear to be different for each person that calls me, but take that with a grain of salt as it's Brads perogative to not share his personal details with people and I have no qualms with that. yeah look, i know it must be frustrating, but Brad seemed like a legit bloke, he is having some trouble at the moment, its not like you are a pro drifter waiting on this cage for an event. just relax, it will come, stop going on a rampage tarnishing the guy and for the record, i wouldn't know him from a bar of soap. I've, hardly "on the rampage" and regardless of what level of motorsport I'm involved with, the bottom line is I paid upfront in full for a 2 week turn around almost 3mths ago, I am within my rights to be somewhat unhappy about it and continue to pursue either the cage or a refund. As I mentioned, I'm not the only person trying to get some answers, and when you have guys who have been waiting many times longer than me for much larger values of work there's enough reason to discuss it. Again, I'm not looking to defame or tarnish, every person says his work is top notch, and it appears to be, and every person says the value for money is great too, but there's no denying there are some issues at the moment affecting quite a few people and we're all keen to see Brad churn through some of the pending work and put all this behind us.

You can't expect too much on such little sleep. Get that sorted first, or just get through this shit sleep patch, and you'll be back on the horse again.

After thinking about what "I" wanted from Gym I've decided to go back to 3x8s due to increase sarcoplasmic hypertrophy. Which is just essentially being a bit bigger/more defined but not necessarily being as strong and I'm OK with that as I'm probs 60/40 looks/strength in my goals. This will also save me a few minutes in rest breaks and I'm looking to reduce the time invested. So with that in mind I gym'd last night and knowing full well I'd be weaker from the weak off chose weights I thought I'd fail in the later parts of set 3 and I was right. Pulld up OK today, but during the sets I forgot how much harder the extra reps are when they are continuous. I also had a breif fiddle with incline bench, felt really alien and weak, ditched it but may try again. So. Squats 80.5 90.5 100 (5 reps) Bench 93 101.5 106.5 (7 reps) DL 88 97.5 104 (7 reps) Rows 78 88 93 (6 reps and sloppy) Chins 7.5 12.5 15 (6 reps) Dips 15 20 25 So dips was the only thing I got fully through and only just This week I'll stick to those numbers and get the full 3x8 out then after that I'll start increasing weights again and will treat it such that when I can get 6-7 reps on the final set I'll add again. Hammy doesn't feel too bad today but I'm about to go turn some spanners so we'll see how it feels later. Was good to do a session

He was online again earlier this morning also.

It'll come back.

Impressive non the less. I get what you mean though, I took 2 years off and came back with reasonable benching ability as it was my glory exercise previously. Although not strong by any decent measure, I can still bench enough to impress my mates who have been gyming longer. So I get you, You must have laid a great foundation.

Yeah I did that. I've started stretching my calves more too to see if that helps release it as suggested by the masseuse. I'm also thinking I might switch back to a 3x8 routine, still increasing weight each set though. As I think this might suit my goals a bit more, which is more about looks than it is about weight to be honest.

As a former bro curler, just do normal grip weighted chins and the your guns will get enough work. Dips on bars, no machines, weighted. Do it.

I mounted mine in front of the wheel also and slotted the inner rear guide with an angle grinder to allow air flow through, never had an issue with oil temps.

I know you mentioned you trained heavy before Rev but what do you (or anyone else who wants to chime in) think makes you so naturally strong? There's no doubting you have some natural genetic ability in there mate, maybe you should be comping.

Went for a walk last night and this morning, there's still a light twinge but I'm inclined to say it's slightly better, but not "sorted". I'll gym tonight, maybe only 4 sets instead of 5 (I usually come back a touch lighter on my first session anyway for safety) and see how I pull up. Was talking to a mate of mine last night who is training for BB comp and he's at the same point as me in terms of why am I doing this so it seems there's a bit of it going around at the moment.

FIGJAM: If it was me I'd swap out SLDL for regular DL's and ditch one of the chins for weighted dips. My 2 cents.

I've emailed, PM'd on SAU, SMS'd, left voicemail, and messaged via both your FB accounts for an update.

Just to add to this, as you can see, he jumped on not long after I posted my update, whether he checked this thread is unclear but it at least shows that he's remaining active on the forums. Brad, if you're reading this, feel free to give me a call with an update. I've also left voicemail this morning.

I've contacted him through a number of channels with the same message and can see he was active on SAU this morning so he has enough time to check threads it seems. Was also sent as a PM. That aside, it's also gone to his FB and phone.

It's almost the end of the week and I'm yet to hear anything. Just a quick reminder to let you know that there's just over a week left including today until I am forced to take further action. I hope you've progressed on your outstanding work orders and that these two cages are completed and shipped or are about to be.

They only had a remedial masseuse there and from what I could tell she was fairly green. Still, she worked on it and it wasn't twinging when I walked out. She thinks is just a strain between the hammy and the upper head of the calf muscle (gastroc). She massaged it and "cupped" it and said get crazy with the foam roller and stretching as it was quite tight and fairly firm which is always what people say when I have an issue. I might head back to Matt soon for a form check as my gammy leg still throws some things out and the left leg may be taking the brunt of the load.

I think he means out of line with each other, not one foot actually behind the other toe to heel.

Like I said to Boz in the main thread just now, whatever works for you and you enjoy is what you should be doing